Re: [lojban] a construal of lo'e & le'e

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/30/2001 9:03:46 AM Central Standard Time, arosta@uclan.ac.uk writes:

Because the first {da} = {su'o da}, and (pace pc) the quantifier goes to
the prenex of the bridi it occurs in . The su'o can only bind variables within
its scope (= elements following it in the bridi it occurs in), so it cannot
bind variables in following sentences.

If {ije} does indeed allow binding to cross sentence boundaries, then this
would require some special rule to get the su'o to have scope over the
je. On reflection, I think the default position is that absent any such special
rules, variable binding can never cross sentence boundaries.

As I have noted before, there is an ambiguity is "sentence" as applied to Lojban and And is here taking one very narrow -- and generally disastrous -- version (it makes it ahrd to make generalizations for example).  And also complicates this by a peculiar rule (which he says everyone uses though everyone else seems to violate it regulalry) about where quantifiers really go.  Ignore him or become unable to say very much in normal Lojban.